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Author Kanin, David B., author.

Title A political history of the Olympic Games / David B. Kanin
Published London : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Contents Preface -- Glossary -- Introduction -- The Olympic Revival -- The Early Olympiads -- The Rise and Fall of Internationalism -- The Cold War -- The Emerging Forces -- The Moscow Olympics -- Los Angeles and Beyond
Summary The turmoil surrounding the 1980 Olympic Games, says the author, was nothing new--it was merely the most recent, and most complex, manifestation of the political content of modern sport. Despite the mythology perpetrated by Olympic publicists, the modern Olympic Games were founded with expressly political goals in mind and continue to thrive on tie
Notes David B. Kanin has had access to information enabling him to present a unique perspective on the events surrounding the 1980 Moscow Olympics and U.S. boycott effort. In addition to his work with the CIA, he has taught in the Political Science Departments of Boston College and Framingham State College, both in Massachusetts
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SUBJECT Olympic Games (22nd : 1980 : Moscow, Russia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81106979
Olympic Games fast
Subject Olympics -- Political aspects -- History
Sports and state -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
Olympics -- Political aspects
Sports and state
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429048418
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